Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to, or characterized by, nervous degeneration.
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- adjective medicine Of, pertaining to, or resulting in the
progressive loss ofnerve cells and ofneurologic function
Etymologies
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Examples
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Dr. Blackburn and her team are now exploring the potential role that the enzyme could eventually play in neurodegenerative and other age-related disorders.
Blackburn and Steitz win the Albany Medical Center Prize Peggy 2008
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Dr. Blackburn and her team are now exploring the potential role that the enzyme could eventually play in neurodegenerative and other age-related disorders.
Archive 2008-05-01 Peggy 2008
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Alzheimer's Disease many years later, one of a number of my personal reasons for becoming interested in neurodegenerative disorders.
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"One would assume a high school player who likewise had three or more during his high school years would potentially be predisposed to some of these same long-term neurodegenerative conditions that NFL players are," he said.
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"One would assume a high school player who likewise had three or more during his high school years would potentially be predisposed to some of these same long-term neurodegenerative conditions that NFL players are," he said.
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ALS is often referred to as a neurodegenerative disease because it affects nerve cells in the brain and the spinal cord.
Home | Mail Online 2009
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ALS is often referred to as a neurodegenerative disease because it affects nerve cells in the brain and the spinal cord.
Home | Mail Online 2009
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"One would assume a high school player who likewise had three or more during his high school years would potentially be predisposed to some of these same long-term neurodegenerative conditions that NFL players are," he said.
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"One would assume a high school player who likewise had three or more during his high school years would potentially be predisposed to some of these same long-term neurodegenerative conditions that NFL players are," he said.
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"One would assume a high school player who likewise had three or more during his high school years would potentially be predisposed to some of these same long-term neurodegenerative conditions that NFL players are," he said.
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